Attached files

file filename
EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - Forest City Realty Trust, Inc.fcrtex991.htm


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_____________________________________________________________
Form 8-K
_____________________________________________________________
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 12, 2018
_____________________________________________________________
Forest City Realty Trust, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
_____________________________________________________________

Maryland
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
1-37671
(Commission
File Number)
 
47-4113168
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 
Key Tower, 127 Public Square
Suite 3100, Cleveland, Ohio
 
44114
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 216-621-6060
 
 
 
 
 
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
_____________________________________________________________


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging Growth Company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.





Item 8.01 Other Events.

On October 12, 2018, Forest City Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company gave notice of its intention to redeem all of its outstanding 3.625% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”) in an aggregate principal amount of $32,037,000 (the “Redemption”). The Redemption is in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, dated as of July 19, 2013, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 20, 2015, by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “Trustee”). The redemption date for the Notes is November 21, 2018. Under the terms of the Notes, the redemption price will be 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, together with accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes, if any, up to, but not including, the redemption date.

Pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, holders have the right to convert their Notes up to the close of business on November 20, 2018.

A copy of the press release is “furnished” as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The information in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.


Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit
Number
 
Description
99.1






SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
 
FOREST CITY REALTY TRUST, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ ROBERT G. O'BRIEN
 
 
Name:
Robert G. O’Brien
 
 
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
Date:
October 12, 2018